Combination floor cleaner and oiler



Aug. 24 ,1926. r 1,597,644

c z. WIENER COMBINATION FLOOR CLEANER AND OILER Filed July 18. 1925INVENTOR Clair Wiener,

ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 24, 1926.

CLAIR WIENER, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINATION FLOOR CLEANER AND OILER.

Application filed July 18, 1925; Serial No. 44,591.

This invention is a combination floor cleaner and oiler, an obj ect ofthe invention being to provide an apparatus which can be convenientlymoved over the floor and which will serve to take up dirt, .dust andparticles, which will wash the floor, dry

the same and oil it.

A further objectis to provide an apparatus of this character which isneat and attractive in appearance and which most efficiently performsthe functions for which it is intended.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations and arrangements ofparts which will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out inthe claim.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved apparatus;

Figure 2 is a view in. section on the line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a view in section at right angles to Figure 2, the Viewbeing taken on the line 33 of Figure 1;

Figure at is a view in longitudinal section, illustrating my improvedoiling roller;

Figure 5 is a view in transverse section on the line 55 of Figure 4;;

1 represents the casing of my improved apparatus which forms a cover andreceptacle closed at its top, sides and ends, and open at its bottom.This casing is supported at both ends by a pair of wheels 2 spaced apartand preferably covered with rubber or other material for imparting thenecessary frictional surface thereto.

A bail 3 is connected to the ends of casing 1 and a handle 4 is securedto the bail to allow the apparatus to be pushed or pulled over thesurface of the floor.

Metal straps 5 having their ends bent at right angles and secured to thefront and rear walls of casing 1 are located at both ends of the casingand are spaced from the ends of the casing and have a certain amount ofresiliency capable of lateral movement, the necessary functions of whichwill be hereinafter described. 0

Tubular coupling devices 6 are coupled to the straps 5 by means of screwplugs 7 which are projected through openings in the straps and screwedinto the coupling members as clearly shown in Figure 3. There are two ofthese coupling members spectively, are mounted, municates with a watertank 11 supported located in alinement, one at each end of the casing,and on each coupllng member a friction roller 8 is secured and islocated between the pairs of wheels 2, 2 and re- 60 ceives rotary motionfrom said wheels.

The plugs 7 are made with central open ings in which flexible hose 9 and10, re-

The hose 9 comon top of casing 1, and the hose 10 communicates with anoil tank 12 also on top of the casing 1.

A valve or cook 13 is provided at the outlet of tank 11 and is coupleddirectly to the pipe 9, and this valve or cock is controlled by a pullrod 14 mounted in a suitable guide 15 on the tank 11. A similar valve orcook 16 constitutes the outlet of tank 12 and is coupled directly to thehose 10. 7'5 7 This cock or valve is controlled by a pull rod 17 mountedin a suitable guide 18 on tank 12.

In Figure 3 I illustrate my device with my improved washing brush 19mounted in the couplings 6. This washing brush has a hollow core 20 withbristles 21 around the same and with perforations 22 in the wall of thecore, as clearly shown.

On .the ends of the core 20 hollow trunwater is applied to the floor asthe brush or washer is revolved by the movement of the device over thefloor.

The casing 1 at both sides of the washer or other attachment is providedwith movable platforms 26 onto which dirt and particles are thrown bythe brush, and these platforms can be moved so as to empty themwheneverdesired.

In Figures 1 and 5 I illustrate my improved oiler 0r mop 27 which isconstructed precisely like the washer 19 except that instead of havingbristles around the core I provide a covering of felt or other suitablematerial 28 which will wipe the floor. When 7 this oiler is substitutedfor the washer, oil

is supplied from the tank 12, past the valve 16, through the pipe orhose 10, and satu- When this 90 rates the felt or other coveringmaterial 28 which applies the oil evenly and smoothly to the floor.

The brush and oiler are readily interchangeable as their construct-ionsat their ends are precisely alike. To remove one of these devices it issimply necessary for the operator to grip the rollers 8 and draw themoutwardly, the flexibility and resiliency of the metal straps 5permitting this movement far enough to allow the rotary member to beuncoupled, and while one or both of these coupling members are thusdrawn outwardly either of the devices can be inserted and the metalstraps 5 will cause the parts to move together and remain in properjuncture for all operations. lVith my improved apparatus the floor canbe thoroughly washed and oiled and any suitable drying and dusting meansmay be employed.

Various slight changes and alterations mightbe made in the general formofthe parts described without departing from my invention and hence I donot wish to limit myself to the 'precise details set forth but considermyself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairlyfall within the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

A device of the character described, including a casing, a pair ofWheels at each end of the casing, tubular rotary members in the ends ofthe casing, rollers on said rotary members frictionally engaging thewheels, said rotary members having recesses in their inner ends, andsaid rotary members adapted to be moved longitudinally, a horizontallydisposed cylindrical hollow perforated rotary floor-contacting devicelocated within the casing, trunnions on the ends of said last-mentioneddevice adapted to be received in the recesses of the rotary members,said trunnions being tubular in form and communicating with the hollowperforated rotary floor-contacting device, liquid-containing tanks onthe casing, flexible hose connecting the respective tanks with saidtubular rotary members, and means for controlling the flow ofliquidthrough the respective rotary members.

i CLAIR \VIENER.

